Shri Jagdish Tytler has worked continuously for a period of 10 years, without any break, as a Minister in Government of India, holding important portfolios.
Shri Jagdish Tytler was elected four times as Member of Parliament; and he has held the following posts in the political setup of the Congress Party:
- Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs (Independent Charge) and Member of Parliament (Delhi Sadar).
- Co-Chairman, Committee for Environment and Science & Technology, All India Congress Committee.
Shri Jagdish Tytler was first inducted into the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi as the Minister of Civil Aviation. He held the following portfolios :
- Minister for Civil Aviation under Prime Minister Sh. Rajiv Gandhi
- Minister for Tourism under Prime Minister Sh. Rajiv Gandhi
- Minister for Labour under Prime Minister Sh. Rajiv Gandhi
- Minister for Food Processing under Prime Minister Sh. Rajiv Gandhi
- Minister for Surface Transport under Prime Minister Sh. PV Narasimha Rao
- Minister for Coal under Prime Minister Sh. PV Narasimha Rao
Shri Jagdish Tytler has also held the following posts:
- CONVENOR/CHAIRMAN IInd Committee to the United Nations
- MEMBER Indian Delegation to the United Nations
- ONE-MAN MEMBER United Nations Conference on Alternative Sources of Energy, Yugoslavia
- MEMBER Public Accounts Committee
- MEMBER Committee on Petitions
- MEMBER Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
- MEMBER Committee on the Vishwa Bharati University
- MEMBER Court of University of Delhi
- MEMBER Court of Jawaharlal Nehru University
- CHAIRMAN Transport Committee, Asian Games
- CHAIRMAN Civic Amenities Committee, Asian Games
- MEMBER Special Organising Committee, Asian Games
- MEMBER Planning Board, Delhi Administration
- MEMBER National Youth Board, Deptt. of Sports
- MEMBER Board of Technical Education, Delhi Administration
- CHAIRMAN Laxmibai College (University of Delhi)
- CHAIRMAN J.D. Tytler Schools Society
- CHAIRMAN All India Taikwondo Federation
- PRESIDENT Weightlifting Association
- PRESIDENT Judo Federation of India
- PRESIDENT Delhi Round Table No. 5
- GENERAL SECRETARY Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
- MEMBER All India Congress Seva Dal Board
- MEMBER National Council, Indian Youth Congress
- PRESIDENT Judo Union of Asia – A Union which represents 35 countries in the Asian and Pacific regions. He is also the first Indian to hold this post.
- VICE-PRESIDENT International Judo Federation – the apex body in the world of Judo.
- INTERNATIONAL OBSERVER For Uzbekistan’s General Elections held in 1999 (Selected by the UN)
- CHEF-DE-MISSION For the Indian contingent for Asian Games held at Seoul, Korea 2002